Malicious PDF — malware analysis report

Static analysis result for SHA-256 fe7019b0fb1acf93…

MALICIOUS

PDF

83.7 KB Created: 2021-07-03 15:24:36 +03:00 Authoring application: wkhtmltopdf 0.12.5 (via Qt 5.11.3) First seen: 2021-09-17
MD5: 8c5b92cd24aa33eb23f0134020a1783c SHA-1: ffd9d7e126dc2d3866b4a3dd9139f3a339e42304 SHA-256: fe7019b0fb1acf9346bf2b56925fa03af0c99bffadd8d36890e3db49d8adefac
164 Risk Score

Malware Insights

MITRE ATT&CK
T1566.001 Spearphishing Attachment

The PDF contains embedded JavaScript and a significant number of external URIs, many of which point to WordPress upload directories on various domains. The heuristic 'PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM' strongly suggests these links are hosted on compromised sites, likely serving malicious content or phishing pages. The ML classifier and ClamAV detection further support the malicious nature of this PDF.

Machine Learning

  • Nyx PDF Classifier malicious score 0.9833

Heuristics 7

  • ClamAV: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0 critical CLAMAV_DETECTION
    ClamAV detected this file as malware: Pdf.Phishing.Trojan-d2528dad23a95d95-d2528dad23a95d95-10044376-0
  • PDF link farm points to compromised-WordPress upload storage medium PDF_COMPROMISED_CMS_UPLOAD_LINK_FARM
    PDF contains multiple clickable links, across many distinct hosts, whose targets are random-slug files parked in the upload directories of vulnerable WordPress form plugins (FormCraft, Super Forms). This is the hallmark of the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains hosted on compromised sites. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Small PDF is a non-clustered link farm on disposable hosting medium PDF_SEO_DISPOSABLE_LINK_FARM
    Small PDF contains many clickable external PDF links spread thin across many distinct hosts (no single dominant host), corroborated by a utm_term SEO-redirector link and/or links parked on free/disposable content hosts. This is the 'free document/template' SEO phishing PDF family, which ranks for search queries and routes users into payload/redirect chains, rather than a normal document citation pattern. The PDF itself carries no exploit — the risk is the linked destinations.
  • Embedded JS stream low PDF_JS
    PDF references a /JS stream. Generic JavaScript is common in benign forms; specific dangerous APIs are scored by separate rules.
  • External URI info PDF_URI
    PDF contains an external URL action
  • Object number defined twice with different bodies info PDF_DUPLICATE_OBJ_BODY_INCREMENTAL
    The same indirect object (N G) is defined more than once with different body bytes. First-wins and last-wins readers will resolve different content, which is a parser-confusion shape used by targeted PDFs. Body-only differences are common in benign incremental updates, so severity is raised only when the duplicate carries active content.
  • Embedded URL info EMBEDDED_URL
    One or more URLs were extracted from the document. The URL itself is not a detection — see the per-URL labels for which channel (macro, JS, link annotation, document body, ...) reached each URL.
    URL http://cokhibaosang.com/media/ftp/file/takeburasekufov.pdf In PDF document text
    • http://www.tsssport.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160ab67ee625ef---43640724410.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ncfouting.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160c33f7ad7e1c---bewopomo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://italianopizzeria-pg.com/uploads/files/22191450626.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://amtusa.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608eecad2bd91---ratebafewizufularirume.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://socialbomjesus.org.br/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/16094b91631b89---vekonasapilamolix.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://k-newsletter.com/ckupload/files/nimubedozetu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.esthemed.ch/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160b53186231d6---mejokisudofewadapo.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://gk-termopanel.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/dad4238b2ed2c396af8ce29815700a33/60286607699.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.vegagastro.pl/upload/file/69985420295.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://staffxrecruitment.com/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/1ad4e4a2e194314534aadfb962e9df41/noporivizomabinotaxage.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://adm.allianceflooring.net/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/bfacef7fba3dace1203a0cd878aca828/66410078546.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.bluewhaleline.com/image/upload/File/tavixemobog.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://ahi.com.ua/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/08b5d3aa298b7613ecadf282cac80315/zafuridez.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://carthink.org/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609ab9a9c64df---suzazojiwepeso.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://law.com.sg/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/6fad5bd8f429cc0292827092b5f02027/tisonarasas.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.multigacos.com/admin/uploaded/fck/file/71200851076.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://tcufroghouses.com/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/160bb2d8f153cf---gilebamutubaxupomegemu.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://plncse.hu/php_data/file/16649551739.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://neoville.ru/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/c94d4187890271d9ed266d37d4ed69cf/99322434021.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://www.bluegreenshouseboats.in/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1609e824757c2b---727131956.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://ganan10.co.il/wp-content/plugins/formcraft/file-upload/server/content/files/1608315ec88093---vunege.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://xn--h49avwqct32ewe967crscpsaz7d.com/ckupload/files/8044789661.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://chp-travel.ir/data/file/99706808268.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://moraure.net/js/ckfinder/userfiles/files/97565854302.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://www.olympussverige.se/wp-content/plugins/super-forms/uploads/php/files/onjgul5m45ec02ii06frflbv5s/74802116937.pdfIn PDF document text
    • http://beloezoloto.ru/userfiles/file/19739345459.pdfIn PDF document text
    • https://feedproxy.google.com/~r/1eyvgo/aqOO/~3/DOqCt-cVA4I/uplcv?utm_term=interactive+virtual+flower+dissection+labPDF link annotation
    • http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#In PDF document text
    • http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/pdf/1.3/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/mm/In PDF document text
    • http://ns.adobe.com/xap/1.0/rights/In PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.netIn PDF document text
    • http://dejavu.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/LicenseIn PDF document text

Extracted artifacts 3

Files carved from inside the sample during analysis.

FilenameKindSourceSize
font_00_sfnt_off0000dff2.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0xDFF2 18496 bytes
SHA-256: 25b8b19c60ed3c6db99ea0e515400a5bb435ea96988dc4bba3c020ef64eeae91
font_01_sfnt_off00010e49.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x10E49 16792 bytes
SHA-256: 9d2294e344127da9ddc2b77d68b1576b6b78373885bc9da2859f180a98f2c1e1
font_02_sfnt_off00012660.bin pdf-font-stream PDF embedded font (sfnt) at offset 0x12660 10812 bytes
SHA-256: 77259609bf5ac30bc21a6bf876d36505dad593c7e8be15ba6c38b4ba81691779